Vaporizing oil burner



Sept. 1, 1925.

A. G. SLOCUM VAPORIZING OIL BURNER Filed Jam '14, 1925 Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

ARTHUR e. snoculvz.

veronizme or nrzsreku, KAnsAs.

on. manna.

Application filed J nuary 14; 1925. "Serial No. 2,31s.

To all wkomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. SLOOU'M, a citizen of'the United States, residing at Ensign, in the county of Gray and State of Kansas, have invented certainnew and useful' Improvements in 'Vaporizing Oil Burners, of whichthe following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a vaporizing oil burner, and particularly to a construction wherein the vapor is fed to a burner chamber in which equalization of pressure is secured before ignition and a consequent even jet produced at the burner orifice. In burners of this character the vaporized fuel is generally fed directly to the burnerby a conduit and this results in a projected jet of flame of varying intensity depending upon the degree of heat applied to the vaporizing chamber. A more desirable heating effect is secured by the use of a number of burner orifices from which the flame jets are projected by an even pressure due to the use of an equalizing chamber in the burner and a plurality of connections between said chamber and the vaporizer. In order to secure the most intense heating these connections are preferably disposed at the outer periphery of the vaporizing chamber so that in the use of an annular burner the heat is directly applied to the connections as Well as to the chamber and a completevaporization of thefuel thereby effected.

It is also desirable to provide an enlarged heating chamber inthe' feed connection to the vaporizer through which the liquid'fuel passes so that it is preliminarily heated and delivered over a wider area,thus avoiding any jet effect in projecting the'liquid into the vaporizing chamber and'resulting in a more rapid conversion of the liquid into its fluid form suitable for the burner.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel andim'proved construction of burner provided with jet orifices and an equalizing chamber communicating with a vapor chamber at a plurality of points so that the feed from the vaporizer is distributed throughout the burner.

Another object of the inventionis to provide an annular form' of burner having a" vaporizing chamber supported above the same with a central feed thereto and a plurality of connections'from the vaporizer to theburner disposed peripherally of theassociated members.

A further object of the invention is to provide a separable structure comprising" a" priming trough having av burner base sup-' v ported thereon, and a vapor zingfchamber having dependent therefrom I a burner head:

provided with a" plurality of orifices 'and peripherally disposed connections with the vaporizing chamber.

Other and further objects andadvantages, of the invention will'be herein after-setforth and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims. 7 i I I In the drawings:

1 Figure 1 is a applied;

Figure 2 is a vertical section there.

through Figure'3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2; and

44 of Figure 3. 1 Like numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the Figure 4 is a detail section on theline] drawing. ,7

The burner 10 may be of any desiredsize or configuration but for the purposesofthe present invention is preferably circular or annular and" comprises a base 11 having depending supporting legs'12 disposed at suit-- able positions and adapted to rest within a channel 12 upon the'bottom'ofthe priming trough 18. Thistrough'is of anannular formand the inner wall-1 1 thereof forms an air passage at the center of the "burner suitable support 15 having an aperture '16.

communicating. with such air passage. The

provides an equalizing chamber 18 and the. burner top 10 is adapted to seat'with a tightor ground joint upon the Walls of the base as indicated at 19. This top isa'lso formed perspective of theinvention 190. while the base of the trough rests upon a with a depending portion 20 which seats 7 within the'chamber 18 andpreventslateral displacement of the top; Theburner orifi ces 21 extend through'th'is depending flange and are distributed at any desired intervals so as to secure an" even heating effect upon the vaporizing chamber 22 which is supported above the burner. .This support may be ef-.

fected by various means, for instance, the

conducting pipes 23 a plurality of whichare disposed .at. intervals between thefivaporizer.

and burner top.. The upper portion. ofith'e vaporizing chamber 22 may be formed as a fiat surface 24 and therebyadaptedto .re;

ceive any suitable receptacle "or object to be heated while the side walls 25 thereo -are -in-.- clined inwardly and downwardly and merged into a bottom: walh;wihielnisacurved outwardly from the center of the chamber: so .ELSx to; present; a ioonvex- 11111161 face; a The:- outer "face 10f; this; :bottom wall tends; to. collect andrtrap the heatvso that. itis.-.=retained:: in; contact therewith. for a; Ina-.1 teriali period... The-pipe connections .23. are

disposed peripherally-goti-the; vaporizer. and I are SlightlyIaiSedabOVe the. bottom thereof as shown at 27 so as to;provid'e 212811211110! recess; betweenrthe; inlet fouliquid: fuel; and the vap'or delivery whichvwill. only :hold- :sufg. fi'cient-vliduid: to berquickly. vaporized;

The central portion: of the} bottom: wallJa-26 is formed with a connecting/collar;28*in whichva centrally disposed: feed pipe? 2931s mounted and at its lower end connected bye.

arreclucingcouplingz30:in the oil or fuel-feed 31. The pipe 29 forms a heating chamber;

for preliminarily heating the; liquid fuel before its introduction into the vaporizerrsoas to; preventi-. the) collection} of any material quantity of liquid in the vaporizing chain blers. For this purposeather member 2 9 is formed otmateri allya greater diameteri or-z area than the fuel feed pipe 31.leatcling.=

theretor Combined" with 1 the; burnerazl have: pro:

vide'd: a soiot scraperrcomprisinga a A collar 2 32; rotatably; mounted upon thefeed-z 29.1 and:

havingiirad-iati-ng 'armss.-33.disposed ;to- .traverse :therburner? intermediate; the pipes 23' remove collectedwsoot; therefroma' One ofnthese" arms :may be extended as; at 34i=toe provide anoperating}handle.

Imtlie-operatien of the burner-the liquid.

ituel :is- :fedthrough) the: central. heating 'pipe:

and thereby: partially; vaporized before: its

admittancminto: the? vaporizing; chamber at,

1 befreadilyiseparatedz forcleansing purposes asrbyw disconnection from. the feed .1 pipe. the vaporizing chamber;.andzthegburner TQPUGQJIJ be: completely; removed ttromlthe; base; so, that; these! pants. may be readily. cleansed; from any-carbon .or other collection thereinu. The scraper i PIOVEldBS for cleaning. :the outer-face: of? thewburnera whi aim use; by a=.simple; movement iotonee'ef thc ljlglithfiipllg fi liminarylighting of the. burner fuel issuppliedito the priming trough: and; the burner supported therein by its legs to secure a draft .untilsufiicient. heat is established to start'the' vaporizing action which is automatically-continued as long as the burner is in use. These legs seated in a groove also prevent; any latenal displacement of the burner. The provision of a central air feed causes an upward-draft. against .-.the under face of the vaporizing chamber and :materially; assists in the heating thereof as; the;

burnenflame ;is thereby deflected in .the.}pas-.- sage; ot theair.

Whil e etai s.- c str cti n h ve been specifically; shown and .described,;. the

invention is not confined thereto as changes and alterations be made; -without depanting from. the. spirit thereotass defined by the appended claims,

Har na h s I es r bie imr r nti n, W t a I desire-.to-secu-re by.Letters Pat-ent is:

1.- 111 a vap ori zing -burner, an apertured ular ur-na r, 1 po z ng-ch m er;

supported above the. same. and haying ;a: cen.- tral freed, connection, a; plurality of conne tion-s from-the periphery of said chamber to said -cover,.- aytnoughggand a base,-forsaidburnenr cover separable-therefrom and pro vided with supportsnresting upon the base ofsaid trough toJspa'cethe burner there-..

from

2;. Ina evaporizmg. burner, an. annular burner membem a, vaporizingechamber sup ported. above:;-the same and havinga central feed; connection at plurality of short straight:

connections from. 'the.- periphery .1 oi. said chamber at itswbase. to-said burner, aloase. for said. burner separable therefrom andprovided. withesupporting legs, and an. an-.

nulan. priming trough havingv a. channelwithin which said; legs .aredlspos'ed;

3;. Ina vapor zing buirner, abase member provided with an equalizing chamber, a. cover therefor having a plurality of burnerorifices, a vaporizing chamber supportedabovethe burnerfafplural-i-ty 0t connectionsv from the topiot said cover toisaidyequalizing chamber; an v enlarged; 'feedi connection cenrtrall-y-pf; the vapori-zing .;chamber, and an annular supporting trough having; a central; feed surrounding; said teed connection and terminating beneath the burner..

4. In a vaporizing burner, a burner mem her: comprising an; an r as prcv d with depending supporting; means a separ b r urner Qp@pr vided wi h ori c nd; a central portion disposed within said base; with ish ulderv e ting 9 2 1 ide l 'thereo-fi and; conduits; extending; from .the vaporizer 1 through. the cover for feeding; avapo i e uel.- at a -p1 r,a1i y-' of pc t i e he base Z id -IbllFI Q -P.

5.1a a;- vaperizingqburnem. annu ar: urner ha ing fi s. in itssuppfl iaqaa superposed vaporizing chamber, a feed pipe conduits from said chamber to said burner, 1 thereto centrally of the burner, conduits a collar, movably mounted upon the feed from said chamber to said burner, a collar pipe, and 'a plurality of radiating scraper movably mounted upon the feed pipe, and arms disposed intermediate said conduits to 5 a horizontal scraper arm therefrom disposed engage the burner face.

to traverse the upper face of the burner. In testimony whereof I aflix my signa- 15 6. In a vaporizing burner, an annular ture.

burner, a superposed vaporizing chamber, a

feed pipe thereto centrally of the burner, ARTHUR G. SLOGUM. 

